Q 01/05
A) A microphone
B) A gramophone
C) A vinyl record
D) A tuning fork
Answer · why
The original plan was to call them the 'Gramophone Awards'; the name 'Grammy' came from a mail-in contest.
Q 02/05
A) The RIAA
B) Billboard
C) The American Federation of Musicians
D) The Recording Academy
Answer · why
Its members, active recording professionals, do all the nominating and voting; the separate Latin Recording Academy was set up in 1997.
Q 03/05
A) 1959
B) 1962
C) 1966
D) 1971
Answer · why
It was held simultaneously in Beverly Hills and New York, and only 28 Grammys were handed out.
Q 04/05
A) 28
B) 36
C) 45
D) 61
Answer · why
The second ceremony, held later the same year, was the first to be televised.
Q 05/05
A) Quincy Jones
B) Georg Solti
C) Beyoncé
D) Stevie Wonder
Answer · why
She overtook the conductor Georg Solti, who had led with 31 for decades; she reached 35.
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